Five inviting front porches

By Ann Hoevel, CNN

Updated 1:05 PM ET, Mon June 10, 2013

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Open House Week 3: Staircases – Welcome to CNN's Open House, a project that looks at how people decorate every part of their homes. We are now in the third week of the project, looking at beautifully decorated staircases. Keep clicking to see heartfelt decor and inspiring DIY feats!

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Open House: Staircases – Emily Clark's home in Charlotte, North Carolina, has a back staircase which she decorated in a way that communicates love and pride to her children.

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Open House: Staircases – Anisa Darnell's Roswell, Georgia, home came with a huge blank wall along the staircase. She filled it with a collage that is a tribute to her family.

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Open House: Staircases – Jill Hinson's Portland, Oregon, house wasn't a home until she installed this gallery on the stairwell wall.

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Open House: Staircases – Christine Price put 250 hours of hard work into the staircase of her Edwardian home in Manchester, England.

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Open House: Staircases – Jenna Burger's Saratoga Springs, New York home had dated carpet on the stairs that she could not stand. But now that the staircase is redecorated, she often thinks about what it took to make it the way she wanted it.

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Open House: Staircases – Jacki Poovey and her husband built their Cary, North Carolina, home with a staircase that was deliberately grand and wide, but now they love it for it's "lived-in" character.

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Open House: Staircases – Jae Vinson's Atlanta home had a dark, dingy staircase in the back which she used every day. Some paint changed the staircase and Vinson's outlook.

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Open House: Staircases – Victoria Barnes' Philadelphia home was built in 1890, and it needed a facelift. She painted three stories of spindles on her staircase.

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Open House Week 2: Foyers – Welcome to CNN's Open House, a project that looks at how people decorate every part of their homes. During our second week of the project, we examined how people decorate their foyers: Keep clicking to see images of their bold decor.

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Open House: Foyers – Emily Clark's bold, striped foyer -- which also functions as a music room -- in Charlotte, North Carolina, is a playful take on formal decor.

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Open House: Foyers – Linda Weinstein of northern New Jersey loves the sophistication that the chinoiserie pieces bring to her foyer.